Hugo Chavez: the life of the former President of Venezuela in pictures

19 December 2003: Boxes with signatures are delivered under military escort by volunteers of the Democratic Coordinator in Caracas. Opposition parties presented 3.4 million signatures in support of holding a referendum to cut short President Hugo Chavez's term. The 3,467,050 signatures are far more than the 2.4 million minimum the constitution required to force a referendum on whether to remove the president from power.Picture: ANDREW ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images